@BuddyBoy:
I am willing to pay for content. I am willing to pay for convenience. I am not willing to be gouged. When I see a paperback that is $7.00, but the data file is $11.00 or $25.00, I see that as unfair. To an extent, paying the publisher or website a premium for shop-at-home convenience without paying for shipping is understandable.
My choice for e-text prices on the mobilread poll was $5-10.
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The reasonable sony prices - i.e. $6-8 for books currently out in paperback - hit that target zone nicely. The ones at $15.96 that are out in paperback for $7.99 do not.
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I could not agree more.
The convenience surcharge cannot be so much that it obviated the notion of it being convenient.
To be honest, I have never bought an e-book, because I was so turned off by the price. (I am rather cheap, and hardly ever purchase hardcover books because of price). I have no idea what I get if I do; is the cover art included? Are maps and photos, say from a non-fiction book, bundled as jpegs? I have a sneaking suspicion that such is not the case. If I am correct, that I am getting
less content, why am I paying
more money? If I am incorrect, disregard.
Let us not include a little diatribe regarding digital copyrights...
Here's something a little non-sequitur(sp):
When people on this forum discuss the price of a book being mediated by the opportunity to resell it, I hope that they understand that the publisher is not considering this in their pricing. They want to charge $25.00 regardles of whether you recoup any money.